Adjustable toilet-glass



PATENTED FEB. 13, 1866.

G. GHAPPELL. ADJUSTABLE TOILET GLASS.

/ UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE OHAPPELL, OF'P EEKSKILL, NEW YORK.

ADJUSTABLE TOILET-GLASS.

s e ification forming part of Letters Patent No. 52,52, dated February 13, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Beitknown that I, RenGEORGE CHAPPELL, of Peekskill, in the county of Westchesterand State of New York, have invented a. new and Improved Toilet-Glass; and 1 do hereby declare that the following'is a full, ciear, and exact descriptionthereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompany-- iug drawings, forming part of this specification, in whichi v Figure 1 represents a perspective view of this invention, showing its operation. Fig. 2 isa vertical central section of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention oonsists in the arrangement of a looking-glass or mirror at the end of an adjustable tubular rod, which is fastened to the ceiling or to any other convenient place in a room in such a manner that the position of said mirror can headjusted at pleasure and a person standing before an ordinary toiletglass is enabledio see the back and front of his or her head and neck at the same time.

A represents a mirror of any convenient size and shape. This mirror is-hungin a yoke, 1-3, to the ends of which it issecured by thumbscrews a, which can be tightened or loosened, so that the mirrorcan be conveniently set-to any desired.inclination. Said, tubular rod is constructed ot'several sections fitted together on the principle of a telescope, or which may be arranged in any other suitable manner, so that its length can be regulated at pleasure.

in the drawings the rod 0 is represented as being constructed on the telescope principle, and it is secured in a vertical position, being; fastened to the ceiling or to any other convenient place in the room, the mirror being; balanced by a weight, 1), which is sus-' mounted in the upper end of the tube (3, and

thence down t0 the lowest section of said tube,

to which it is fastened. By thisarrangement the mirror A can be conveniently raised and lowered, and it is sustained in the desired position by the weight D.

The mirror A is put up in such a position in relation to an ordinary toilet-glass'that a person in making his or her toilet is enabled to see simultaneously the front and back of his or her head and neck, and the operation of arranging the hairfin the proper position is materially facilitated.

My mirror may also bc-uscd with adv-aw tage inqfitting dresses, or in all operations where it is desirable for a person to see his or front and back at the same time.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The adjustable mirror A, in combination with the tubular extension-rod 0, chain 1), and weight 1), as and for the purpose described.

' The above specification of my invention signed by me this 14th day OLDccembex-JSGS.

' v G. OHAPPELL.

Witnesses:

M. M. LIVINGSTON,

W. IIAUFF. 

